Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Yearling Sale consisted of several load lots, spade heifers and fall calves, a trend will not be given. Several buyers on hand with some internet bidding. Warmer weather in the area with a light shower last evening. Next Auction Dates for Oct 15th 22nd 29th; Todays Special Bred Female and Regular Sale consisted mostly of black and bwf offerings bred black angus. Demand was moderate to good

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.03/cwt on 2,172 head.

Average price

$142.03

2,172 head · 798 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,133

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	799	142.46	1,139	2,047
Medium and Large 1-2	769	135.03	1,039	125

One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,172 hd

142.03

—

NE average10 barns · 10,977 hd

146.33

−4.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - Valentine, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,321	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	150.19/cwt	148.00–153.50	764	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	133.61/cwt	130.00–136.50	1,156	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	153.98/cwt	152.00–155.00	885	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,214	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	151.42/cwt	140.50–153.25	1,005	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	136.73/cwt	134.00–139.25	1,348	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	825	141.29/cwt	136.00–143.50	1,166	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	156.05/cwt	154.50–157.00	1,142	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	164.35/cwt	160.50–165.25	1,017	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	877	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,300	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	961	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	133.67/cwt	130.50–134.00	1,216	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	961	134.14/cwt	127.75–136.00	1,289	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	138.65/cwt	135.75–139.50	1,145	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	584	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	895	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	142.31/cwt	138.00–145.50	1,235	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	518	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	143.44/cwt	137.50–145.75	1,314	322
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	738	143.94/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,062	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	149.22/cwt	144.25–156.00	1,247	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	774	142.25/cwt	141.50–143.50	1,101	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	160.47/cwt	159.00–160.75	1,096	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	866	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	890	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,242	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	791	136.66/cwt	135.00–138.50	1,081	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	153.96/cwt	147.00–155.75	979	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	138.60/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,077	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	149.89/cwt	145.25–155.25	1,163	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	140.96/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,006	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	145.63/cwt	136.00–149.75	1,063	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	136.62/cwt	133.00–139.00	925	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	800	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,234	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,237	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	904	137.34/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,242	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	939	23

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - Valentine, NE

Mon Oct 12, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 4,750Last week 0Year ago 5,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,040	127.00	127.00
17	—	509	148.00–153.50	150.19
24	—	865	130.00–136.50	133.61
49	—	575	152.00–155.00	153.98
72	—	782	155.25	155.25
77	—	664	140.50–153.25	151.42
85	—	910	130.50–134.00	133.67
247	—	826	135.75–139.50	138.65
112	—	636	147.00–155.75	153.96
375	—	730	136.00–149.75	145.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	825	136.00–143.50	141.29
92	—	961	127.75–136.00	134.14
19	—	584	153.25	153.25
8	—	518	153.00	153.00
71	—	738	130.00–145.00	143.94
94	—	774	141.50–143.50	142.25
66	—	890	139.50	139.50
364	—	904	130.00–139.50	137.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	866	126.50	126.50
73	—	791	135.00–138.50	136.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	677	133.00–139.00	136.62
23	—	701	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	986	134.00–139.25	136.73
113	—	732	154.50–157.00	156.05
72	—	619	160.50–165.25	164.35
12	—	577	166.50	166.50
290	—	868	138.00–145.50	142.31
322	—	916	137.50–145.75	143.44
348	—	836	144.25–156.00	149.22
112	—	683	159.00–160.75	160.47
332	—	776	145.25–155.25	149.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	877	148.25	148.25
71	—	800	154.25	154.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	777	137.00–140.00	138.60
72	—	714	138.00–144.00	140.96
20	—	913	135.50	135.50
5	—	609	156.00	156.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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